News of the week
Singapore University Games
The Ultimate Frisbee team has attained 3rd after a series of highly competitive matches and the school would like to thank the entire team for their effort and dedication. Go Team NUS!
International Exchange Day (IED) 2013
Looking for ways to add more dynamics into your academic life? Head over to NUS Central Forum on the 5 Sept 2013 and explore the various international programmes that NUS has to offer you! You can learn more about them through interactions with students who have returned from their exchanges and look forward to participating in a wide array of activities.
Spread the word and get your friends to like IED at https://www.facebook.com/ied2013. They will be giving away FREE REDBULL + ICE CREAM TO EVERYONE on IED 2013 when 500 LIKES has been reached on their Facebook page!
Yale-NUS College holds inauguration ceremony
The pioneer students of Yale-NUS College inaugurated on tuesday, August 27. Singapore’s President Tony Tan Keng Yam officiated the inauguration ceremony and was delighted that “the Yale-NUS College is Singapore’s first liberal arts college and also the first campus Yale University has developed outside of New Haven, Connecticut.”
He also stressed that the partnership between both parties goes beyond the liberal arts educational model experienced in the West and that the new model of liberal arts education will includes elements of Asia.
More news can be found here: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/yale-nus-college-holds/792018.html
Tweet of the week
NUS Libraries @NUSLibraries 29 Aug
#Funfact4 NUS Libraries has 1,923,685 unique *titles*, we have 2,743,893 *volume* of books, 166 reference databases as at June 2012.
Instagram photo of the week
credits to @myballetshoess (Michelle Tan): Went back to our first kiss spot in our university to steal a kiss as married couple!
Student group of the week
OlymNUS
Brought to you by the NUS Student’s Union International Relations Commitee, OlymNUS is a sports contest which provides a platform for the diverse international student community at NUS to interact whilst competing among themselves.
The event aims to connect the multicultural society in NUS through means of spirited sports and games. This initiative hopes to bring players from different countries together and inculcate a sense of team spirit and sportsmanship in them.
OlymNUS 2014 is open for candidates of all nationalities, regardless of any prior experience in sports.
Tentatively, the event would be held on March, 2014 . Sports and games include Futsal, Basketball, Squash, Badminton, Table-tennis, Pool, Cricket and more.
Visit OlymNUS’s Facebook Page for more information and click on the link below if you are interested in joining the team. The list of available positions can be found inthe application form. Shortlisted candidates will be notified via email for a short interview.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nussu.irc
Application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MQI-3_wCClQURKZZ_3EsVtfiEUd0sNn_jqFRXwMuvvk/viewform
Curator for next week
Name: Kevin Timothy
Biography: An Indonesian chemistry student with a newfound interest in European languages and burning passion for the performing arts.
Follow him @ridgefolks and visit http://studentry.sg/the-ridge-rotation-curation-project/ for more information on the Rotation Curation account.
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The Weekly Sunday Roundup is a new initiative brought about by The Ridge Editorial Team to give the NUS community an update of the latest and most interesting news that has happened around NUS. It will be published every Sunday evening.